Huawei‘s smartphone business is soaring, edging out Apple to emerge as the second-largest smartphone maker after Samsung in 2018. Samsung must continue watching its back as the Chinese company continues to make efforts to maintain its growing leadership in the industry. One aspect where Huawei has made tremendous progress is in the aspect of the chipset and according to industry sources, we should expect more innovation from Huawei.
Huawei is said to be looking to maintain its lead over Apple and is targeting shipments of 250-260 million units in the year. This projection is buoyed by shipments of its high-end P- and Mate-series models and the entry-level and mid-tier Honor sub-brand models. In addition, Huawei has made significant strides in the aspect of the development of its chipset and is looking to further improve on them. Huawei’s chipset accounts for over 50% of the chipset solution market for 4K TVs in China. The company consolidated on this lead recently when it unveiled its chipset solutions for 8K TVs at CES 2019 to cash in on the rising popularity of 8K TVs. The company’s 8K TV solutions have also seen some patronage from not only Chinese TV manufacturers but also from Japan-based Sharp.
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Apart from building on the successes of the Hisilicon chipset for mobile phones, Huawei has also launched its Ascend series AI chips and Arm-based Kunpeng series server CPUs, in addition to TV chips. A recent data by Gartner showed that Huawei’s spending on semiconductor products have increased by 45% YoY to over US$21 billion in 2018. This ranks the company as the third largest buyer of IC chips globally last year, trailing Samsung Electronics and Apple but ahead of Dell. This underscores the company’s growing investments in chipset manufacturer. Huawei still doesn’t sell its Kirin chipset to other OEMs. If they start doing that, the sky can only be its starting point in the race to dominate the industry.
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